Grounding Into Double Plays Records by Baseball Almanac

Grounding into Double Plays Records

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a record book full of baseball milestones for grounding into double plays — including career grounding into double play marks, single season grounding into double play plateaus and game related grounding into double play records.

"As far as I'm concerned, (Hank) Aaron is the best ball player of my era. He is to baseball of the last fifteen years what Joe DiMaggio was before him. He's never received the credit he's due." - Mickey Mantle in Baseball Digest (June 1970, John Kuenster, 'Warm Up Tosses', Page 8)

Grounding Into Double Plays Career Grounding Into Double Play Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Career (Top 1,000)	AL	Cal Ripken, Jr.	Baltimore	350	350
	NL	Hank Aaron	Milwaukee	193	305
	NL	Hank Aaron	Atlanta	112	305
Grounding Into Double Plays Single Season Grounding Into Double Play Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Fewest In A Season (150+ Games Played)	AL	Dick McAuliffe	Detroit	0	1968
	NL	Craig Biggio	Houston	0	1997
	NL	Augie Galan	Chicago	0	1935
Fewest In A Season By A Rookie (150+ Games Played)	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle	3	2001
Fewest In A Season By A Rookie (150+ Games Played)	NL	Vince Coleman	St. Louis	3	1985
Most In A Season (Top 500)	AL	Jim Rice	Boston	36	1984
Most In A Season (Top 500)	NL	Miguel Tejada	Houston	32	2008
Most In A Season By A Lefthander	AL	Ben Grieve	Oakland	32	2000
	NL	Sean Casey	Cincinnati	27	2005
	NL	A.J. Pierzynski	San Francisco	27	2004
Most In A Season By A Righthander	AL	Jim Rice	Boston	36	1984
Most In A Season By A Righthander	NL	Miguel Tejada	Houston	32	2008
Most In A Season By A Rookie	AL	Billy Johnson	New York	27	1943
	AL	Al Rosen	Cleveland	27	1950
	NL	Albert Pujols	St. Louis	21	2001
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	AL	Dave Philley	Philadelphia	29	1952
Most In A Season By A Switch-Hitter	NL	Ted Simmons	St. Louis	29	1973
Most Seasons Leading The League (In Fewest GIDP)	AL	Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle	4	2001
			Seattle		2003
			Seattle		2005
			Seattle		2006
	NL	Richie Ashburn	Philadelphia	6	1951
			Philadelphia		1952
			Philadelphia		1953
			Philadelphia		1954
			Philadelphia		1958
			Chicago		1960
Most Seasons Leading The League (In Most GIDP)	AL	Jim Rice	Boston	4	1982
			Boston		1983
			Boston		1984
			Boston		1985
	NL	Ernie Lombardi	Cincinnati	4	1933
			Cincinnati		1934
			Cincinnati		1938
			New York		1944
	ML	Miguel Tejada	Baltimore [AL]	5	2004
			Baltimore [AL]		2005
			Baltimore [AL]		2006
			Houston [NL]		2008
			Houston [NL]		2009
Grounding Into Double Plays Game Specific Grounding Into Double Play Records
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Most In A Game	AL	Goose Goslin	Detroit	4	04-28-1934
	AL	Victor Martinez	Detroit	4	09-11-2011
	NL	Joe Torre	New York	4	07-21-1975
Record	Lg	Name(s)	Team(s)	Data
Grounding Into Double Plays Records

The only right handed hitter in Major League history to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a single double play during a season is Craig Biggio.

The only left handed hitter in Major League history to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a single double play is Dick McAuliffe.

Did you know that the only switch hitter to play in more than one-hundred fifty games without grounding into a double play is Augie Galan?

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